He says

that he could

take me along

to a party sometime.

I tell him

I don’t like parties

all that much.

He says

it wouldn’t be

a big deal.

I persist

with a no.

I don’t mention you –

I wouldn’t know

what I would’ve said

anyway.

I could’ve bluffed,

but why lie

when he didn’t mean harm?

Sometimes I wonder

why I every

got myself

into this mess…